Person    | Female  Born 20/6/1743  Died 9/3/1825

Anna Laetitia Barbauld

Categories: Literature, Poetry

Poet and writer. Born Anna Letitia Aikin at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire. She had a successful career at a time when women rarely were professional writers. Her writing includes essays, poems and stories for children. 

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